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The genus Commiphora is in the family Burseraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Commiphora

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Commiphora acuminata Mattick	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora africana (A.Rich.) Endl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora agar Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora airica A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora alata Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora alaticaulis J.B.Gillett & Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora albiflora Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora allophylla Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora anacardiifolia Dinter & Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ancistrophora Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora anfractuosa Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora anglosomaliae Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora angolensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora angustifoliolata Mendes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ankaranensis (Leroy) Cheek & Rakot.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora antunesii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora aprevalii (Baill.) Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora arafy H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora arenaria Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora baluensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora berardellii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora berberidifolia Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora berryi (Arn.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora boranensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora brevicalyx H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora bricchettii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora bruceae Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora caerulea Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora campestris Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora capensis (Sodiro) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora capuronii Bard.-Vauc.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora cassan Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora cervifolia Van der Walt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora chaetocarpa J.B.Gillett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora chevalieri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora chiovendana J.B.Gillett ex Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ciliata Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora coleopsis H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora confusa Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora corrugata J.B.Gillett & Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora crenatolobata Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora crenatoserrata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora cuneifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora cyclophylla Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora dalzielii Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora danduensis J.B.Gillett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora dinteri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora discolor Mendes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora drake-brockmanii Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora dulcis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora edulis (Klotzsch) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ellenbeckii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ellisiae Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora eminii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora engleri Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora enneaphylla Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora erlangeriana Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora erosa Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora erythraea (Ehrenb.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora falcata Capuron	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora foliacea Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora franciscana Capuron	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora fraxinifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora fraxinoides (Hiern) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora fulvotomentosa Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora gardoensis J.B.Gillett ex Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora gariepensis Swanepoel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora giessii Van der Walt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.Chr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora gillettii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora glandulosa Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora glaucescens Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora gorinii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora gracilifrondosa Dinter ex Van der Walt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora gracilispina J.B.Gillett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora grandifolia Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora grosswelleri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora guerichiania Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora guidottii Chiov. ex Guid.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora guillauminii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora gurreh Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora hartmannii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora harveyi (Engl.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora hereroensis Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora hildebrandtii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora hodai Sprague	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora holtziana Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora hornbyi Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora horrida Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora humbertii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora incisa Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora kaokoensis Swanepoel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora karibensis Wild	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora kataf (Forssk.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora kerstingii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora kraeuseliana Heine	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora kua (R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora kucharii Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora kuneneana Swanepoel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora lacerata Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora lamii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora lasiodisca H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora laxicymigera H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora leandriana H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora leptophloeos (Mart.) J.B.Gillett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora lindensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora lobatospathulata J.B.Gillett ex Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora longibracteata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora longipedicellata Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora lughensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora madagascariensis Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mafaidoha H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mahafaliensis Capuron	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora marchandii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora marlothii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora merkeri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora merkii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora microcarpa Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mildbraedii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mollis (Oliv.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mombassensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora monoica Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora monstruosa (H.Perrier) Capuron	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mossambicensis (Oliv.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mossamedensis Mendes	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mukul (Hook. ex Stocks) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora mulelame (Hiern) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora multifoliolata J.B.Gillett ex Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora multijuga (Hiern) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora murraywatsonii J.B.Gillett ex Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora namaensis Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora neglecta Verd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora oblanceolata Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora oblongifolia J.B.Gillett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora obovata Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora oddurensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ogadensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora orbicularis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ornifolia (Balf.f.) J.B.Gillett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora otjihipana Swanepoel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ovalifolia J.B.Gillett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora palmatifoliolata Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora paolii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora parvifolia (Balf.f.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora pedunculata (Kotschy & Peyr.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora pervilleana Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora planifrons (Schweinf.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora playfairii (Hook.f.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora pruinosa Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora pseudopaolii J.B.Gillett	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora pteleifolia Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora pterocarpa H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora pyracanthoides Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora quadricincta Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora quercifoliola J.B.Gillett ex Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora rangeana Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora reghinii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora rostrata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ruquietiana Dinter & Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ruspolii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora samharensis Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora sarandensis Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora sarcopoda (Paul G.Wilson) Rzed. & R.Palacios	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora saxicola Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora schimperi (O.Bergman) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora schlechteri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora schultzei Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora sennii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora serrata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora serrulata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora sessiliflora Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora setulifera Chiov. ex Guid.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora simplicifolia Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora sinuata H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora socotrana (Balf.f.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora somalensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora spathulata Mattick	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora spathulifoliolata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora sphaerocarpa Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora sphaerophylla Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora spinulosa J.B.Gillett ex Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora staphyleifolia Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora stellatopubescens J.B.Gillett ex Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora stellulata H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora steynii Swanepoel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora stocksiana (Engl.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora stolonifera Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora sulcata Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora swynnertonii Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora tecomaca (DC.) Rzed. & R.Palacios	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora tenuipetiolata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora tenuis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora tephrodes Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora tetramera Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora truncata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora tsimanampetsae Capuron	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ugogensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora ulugurensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora unilobata J.B.Gillett & Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora velutina Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora virgata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora wildii Merxm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora woodii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Commiphora zanzibarica (Baill.) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 323 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Commiphora. Of these 208 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Commiphora. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 323 species names for the genus Commiphora recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	208	64.4%
◕	Synonym	98	30.3%
◕	Unplaced	6	1.9%
◕	Unassessed	11	3.4%

All names

The status of the 346 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Commiphora recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	222	64.2%
◕	Synonym	107	30.9%
◕	Unplaced	6	1.7%
◕	Unassessed	11	3.2%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 323 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Commiphora, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	205	97	0	0	302	93.5%
	Low confidence	3	1	6	11	21	6.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Commiphora, are as follows: